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Welcome to the Blinn College Library

In this part of the course, you will learn about:

  • Academic integrity

  • Types of sources

  • Keyword searching

  • How to evaluate resources

Remember that you may have to sign in with your MyBLINN information in order to access resources.  If you have any questions please contact us.

Academic Integrity

Choosing Resources/Types of Sources

  • 1. Complete the Source Types Tutorial
  • 2. Watch the Types of Sources Video
  • 3. Complete the Selecting Appropriate Digital Resources Tutorial
  • 4. OPTIONAL - Take the Source Types Quiz

Completing Quizzes will give you an advantage when taking the assessment

Using Keywords

  • 1. Complete the Choosing and Using Keywords Tutorial
  • 2. Watch the Refining Search Results
  • 3. OPTIONAL - Complete the Choosing and Using Keywords Quiz.

Completing Quizzes will give you an advantage when taking the assessment.

Evaluating Resources

  • 1. Watch the Evaluating Sources Video
  • 2. Complete the Evaluating Digital Sources using Lateral Reading Tutorial
  • 3. Complete the Evaluating Information Tutorial
  • 4. OPTIONAL - complete the Evaluating Information Quiz

Completing Quizzes will give you an advantage when taking the assessment.

Assessment

Before attempting the quiz, please be sure that you have watched all the videos and viewed all the links:

It is important that you complete all activities first to better understand the library's resources.

To complete this portion of the library course module you will need to complete the Basic Research Skills Assessment (link below) and upload the certificate of completion to the dropbox in your course.  If you have multiple courses asking you to complete this module, you only need to complete the quiz one time, you can reuse your certificate of completion in multiple courses.  If you have any questions please contact us.

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